Spirlea Surname

1,691,963rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 116 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Romania
Highest density in:
Romania

Spirlea Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spirlea Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Romania1141:176,12218,089
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

The alternate forms: Spîrlea (112) are calculated separately.

Spirlea Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Spirlea Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Spirlea is borne by more people in Romania than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant: Spîrlea. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Spirlea? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,691,963rd most frequent last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 62,823,672 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Spirlea live; 98 percent live in Eastern Europe and 98 percent live in Romanian Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Romania, where it is carried by 114 people, or 1 in 176,122. In Romania it is most common in: Mehedinți County, where 77 percent reside, Gorj County, where 22 percent reside and Dolj County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Romania it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Greece, where 1 percent reside and Spain, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spîrlea95112/
Sperlea86406/
Spirlet86347/
Spirles8616/
Spirley860/
Spirelle801/
Spierley800/
Sperle771,177/
Spirli77290/
Spurle7799/
Sperla7772/
Sprela7717/
Sprele771/
Spurla771/
Spürle771/
Spirly770/
Spurley71271/
Sperrle71198/
Shperle7131/
Sperley7130/
Sperlie717/
Sperlee715/
Spreley711/
Sperlia711/
Spierli711/
Spurlie710/
Sperler710/
Spirelli6789/
Spehrley6723/
Schperle671/
Spurelle671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Spirlea
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